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Tomorrow (26 April, 2014) is the 28th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster in Ukraine. I went there in 2009 and have never published the photos … Read More

Tomorrow (26 April, 2014) is the 28th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster in Ukraine. I went there in 2009 and have never published the photos until now...
"Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster" - Wikipedia
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Nuclear Pripyat: In Chernobyl's Shadow

26 April, 2014 marked the 28th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster in Ukraine. I went there in 2009 and have never published the photos until now.

Reactor 5

Guarded Entrance to Pripyat

"Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster" - Wikipedia

Sign reads: ... And fell from the sky a big star,Burning like a lamp.And fell it on the third part of the riversAnd the sources of water.The name of this star is "wormwood."

Sign reads: "The work of a doctor is indeed the most productive work. By protecting us and repairing our health, the doctor helps the society gain strength, which would otherwise be gone without his care".

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Tomorrow (26 April, 2014) is the 28th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster in Ukraine. I went there in 2009 and have never published the photos until now...
"Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster" - Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster)